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WILLIAM L . " BUFFALO BILL" BROOKS
THIS IS A NEW CDV PHOTOGRAPH WE ACQUIRED THAT SHOWS TWO MEN STANDING. THE CDV HAS NAMES WRITTEN ON THE BACK BEHIND EACH MAN AND ONE OF THE NAMES IS "BUFF BILL" . WE COULD NOT DECIPHER THE OTHER MANS LAST NAME. WELL , I THOUGHT HE IS NOT BUFFALO BILL CODY THAT WAS FOR SURE , SO WHO IS THIS ROUGH LOOKING MAN. HE IS HOLDING HIS HAT AND IS WEARING A RIFLE COAT. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND A WILLIAM L. BROOKS WHO WAS ALSO KNOWN AS BUFFALO BILL. HE WAS A LAWMAN AND ALSO AN OUTLAW .HIS SUPPOSED IMAGE ,WHICH CAN BE FOUND ON SOME WESTERN SITES AND IN A COUPLE OF GUNFIGHTER BOOKS, IS USUALLY NOTED AS "MAYBE" BEING HIS IMAGE. I ALSO READ HE HAD SHOULDER LENGTH HAIR. THE MAN IN OUR PHOTO AND THE POSSIBLE KNOWN IMAGE BOTH HAVE SHORT HAIR. THE DECADE IN THE 19TH CENTURY WHEN BROOKS WAS BORN IS ALSO NOT AGREED UPON. OUR PHOTO IS LISTED HERE AS A GOOD CANDIDATE OF BEING WILLIAM L. BROOKS. HE WAS PROBABLY BORN AROUND 1832 AND WAS HUNG IN 1874 AWAITING TRIAL FOR HORSE THEFT. HE WOUNDED, AND WAS WOUNDED BY, MORGAN EARP IN A SHOOTOUT . THE CDV THIS IMAGE IS ON IS BY BAYLEY & CRAMER OF SAN FRANCISCO. THE ADDRESS OF THESE TWO PHOTOGRAPHERS AT 618 AND 620 WASHINGTON STREET WAS ONLY MADE ONE YEAR.THAT YEAR WAS 1868. BAYLEY HAD A DIFFERENT PARTNER IN 1869. BUFF BILL HAS ON A RIFLE COAT AND BROOKS WAS SAID TO USUALLY HAVING A WINCHESTER AT HIS DISPOSAL. YOU CAN READ ABOUT WILLIAM L. BROOKS AT THE LINK BELOW.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_L._BrooksOUR CDV COMPARED TO SUPPOSED BROOKS IMAGE
